believing in christ
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31So they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and then you will be saved, with your household.”
16For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.
24Amen, amen, I say to you, that whoever hears my word, and believes in him who sent me, has eternal life, and he does not go into judgment, but instead he crosses from death into life.
9For if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and if you believe in your heart that God has raised him up from the dead, you shall be saved.
6Jesus said to him: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
47Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me has eternal life.
36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. But whoever is unbelieving toward the Son shall not see life; instead the wrath of God remains upon him.”
24Therefore, I said to you, that you will die in your sins. For if you will not believe that I am, you will die in your sin.”
6But without faith, it is impossible to please God. For whoever approaches God must believe that he exists, and that he rewards those who seek him.
23And immediately the father of the boy, crying out with tears, said: “I do believe, Lord. Help my unbelief.”
28And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints.